Recovery

If that sounds morbid, it can’t be helped. When bad things happen and lives are lost, someone has to step into action to begin picking up the pieces — in every sense.

Chatham County paid around $25,000 to purchase and install each of its 62 sirens.

Expanded ‘Move Over’ law accompanies a broader push to protect emergency personnel.

The mission of the project was to evaluate the response of a large-scale emergency.

'It was the worst thing ever. It actually picked us up and set us down.'

The $165 million Shelter at Home program, which, by design, did temporary work on flood-damaged dwellings in Louisiana, has been criticized by some homeowners and public officials.

Gatlinburg lost 14 lives. More than 2,400 structures were destroyed or damaged, including the home of the town’s mayor.

As spokesman for a department that values prevention, where 'the best fire is the one that never happens,' he is expanding the department's social media following with action videos, cautionary tales, and even poetry.

A Mississippi Power Co.spokesman said about 9,100 people were without power immediately after the tornado passed.

Much of the area is under a severe weather watch from 1-6 p.m. Sunday.

The city employs about 480 police officers and 300 firefighters. Police recruits start at $33,000, which is between $856 to $9,009 less than the peer cities, according to a report.

NASA researchers are closing in on technology that will pinpoint locations of first responders in structures.

The hospital will pay the city up to $50,000 over the course of six months to send trained paramedics and nurses from the fire bureau to check on hospital patients with chronic conditions like heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes.

Congress opened the door to private flood insurance in the 2012 bill reauthorizing the NFIP.

Fire pension negotiations haven't reached the point of the Houston's landmark reforms of the police and municipal pensions.